Religion 1350 up to 1400

The Roman-Catholic Church became rigid in its teaching. The clergy became increasingly secularised. A particular instrument of sovereignty became the Inquisition with its trials against alleged heretics, witches and sorcerers. This applied in many cases to the surviving natural religious beliefs of the Slavs, which were described as "superstitions."

The Roman-Catholic Church became rigid in its teaching. The clergy became increasingly secularised. A particular instrument of sovereignty became the Inquisition with its trials against alleged heretics, witches and sorcerers. The Inquisitor Petrus Zwicker has at least 443 Waldensians sentenced to death in mass trials organised in Stettin from 1392 to 1394. This applied in many cases to the surviving natural religious beliefs of the Slavs, which were described as "superstitions."